my moral failure
was it a failure? i don't know. was it even a moral issue? again, i don't know. but it's been sitting there in the back of my mind for a few weeks now, crouching there like a mouse, making just the slightest movement every now and then so i remember, and think about it, and wonder if i failed.
posted by saara at
2:40 PM
3 Comments:
So I have two advices to you, as someone also from time to time being haunted by nagging feelings of self-doubt and guilt unshakeable.
One is to agree to yourself that, even if you did fail morally, this is part of the Human Condition and as a result of the Shed Blood has been Forgiven. Then sing softly to yourself "White as snow, white as snow..." to combat recurrent self-condemnatory thoughts.
The other would be to consult with your priest, wise friend or other similar figure as to what they think is the case. This might be advised in case you might feel it necessary to redress (or at least address) any impact of such potential moral failure on some third party: restitution/reconciliation.
I realize dispensing unsolicited advice is a hazardous occupation, so please, this disclaimer: at your option to consider, discard or ignore. :)
By
AlleyCat, at 05 June, 2006 14:32
what if the third party died?
By
saara, at 05 June, 2006 14:36
Sounds serious.
But on reflection, same answer, I think.
By
AlleyCat, at 06 June, 2006 13:45
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